Table 9.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

Waiting List Status at Transplant Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 3,772 3,857 3,924 4,269 4,338 4,384 4,453 4,692 5,039
Deaths 679 702 649 687 712 675 706 672 744
Rate 208.3 211.7 189.6 183.3 188.3 174.7 179.3 159.3 164.9
1 Patients 739 805 742 475 502 556 575 456 480
Deaths 229 221 194 127 144 145 123 117 101
Rate 415.9 357.8 332.8 347.1 380.0 334.4 259.7 323.9 256.8
2 Patients 1,019 1,132 719 - - - - - -
Deaths 205 236 130 - - - - - -
Rate 237.4 246.8 210.4 - - - - - -
2A Patients - - 189 730 904 935 1,080 179 -
Deaths - - 33 154 194 185 225 36 -
Rate - - 198.7 249.3 256.9 233.8 245.1 233.1 -
2B Patients - - 552 2,310 2,494 2,528 2,408 375 -
Deaths - - 99 321 330 312 309 42 -
Rate - - 206.9 154.9 147.2 135.6 140.9 121.5 -
3 Patients 1,951 1,857 1,701 746 432 361 384 76 -
Deaths 231 233 185 84 43 31 47 4 -
Rate 128.8 137.9 118.4 122.6 107.4 92.1 134.8 55.3 -
4 Patients 33 29 - - - - - - -
Deaths 4 1 - - - - - - -
Rate 131.3 35.7 - - - - - - -
MELD 6-10 Patients - - - - - - - 164 243
Deaths - - - - - - - 28 37
Rate - - - - - - - 192.6 168.0
MELD 11-20 Patients - - - - - - - 1,122 1,431
Deaths - - - - - - - 126 174
Rate - - - - - - - 121.9 132.8
MELD 21-30 Patients - - - - - 1 - 653 1,008
Deaths - - - - - 0 - 85 161
Rate - - - - - * - 143.1 178.8
MELD 30 Patients - - - - - - - 416 572
Deaths - - - - - - - 101 117
Rate - - - - - - - 294.5 241.8
PELD <11 Patients - - - - - - - 81 93
Deaths - - - - - - - 3 6
Rate - - - - - - - 37.9 68.1
PELD 11-20 Patients - - - - - - - 48 45
Deaths - - - - - - - 4 3
Rate - - - - - - - 90.1 70.9
PELD 21-30 Patients - - - - - - - 33 21
Deaths - - - - - - - 5 3
Rate - - - - - - - 164.9 161.1
PELD 30 Patients - - - - - - - 7 7
Deaths - - - - - - - 0 3
Rate - - - - - - - * *
HCC T1 Patients - - - - - - - 140 120
Deaths - - - - - - - 14 11
Rate - - - - - - - 104.0 97.3
HCC T2 Patients - - - - - - - 681 651
Deaths - - - - - - - 75 72
Rate - - - - - - - 118.1 117.8
Other Exceptions Patients - - - - - - - 259 365
Deaths - - - - - - - 32 55
Rate - - - - - - - 135.3 170.0
Other Status Patients 30 34 21 8 6 3 6 2 3
Deaths 10 11 8 1 1 2 2 0 1
Rate 458.1 463.3 541.7 * * * * * *


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.